This conception of knowledge as something that rests with the individual architect, or within a particular practice that has completed a project, denies the profession the chance to enhance the collective store of knowledge within the architectural domain through the broad dissemination of information. The structure of the profession may also be a fundamental issue, in that there tends to be a promotion of the architect as lone artist, further encouraging this sense of the individual as the sole bastion of knowledge and architectural capacity. This leads to knowledge being treated as a competitive or commercial advantage, and nurtures a secretive, individualistic approach to the development of professional knowledge. Architecture can be categorised as an entrepreneurial profession where the loyalties of the individual practitioner lie firstly with the client. There are a number of factors that conspire against the promotion and wide distribution of new knowledge. Within the field of architecture, the creation and dissemination of new knowledge, that is, the research process, can at times be a contentious activity. Encouraging the dissemination of new knowledge The paper concludes with a series of suggestions as to how practice based knowledge as a form of research might come to be utilised by a profession that is generally reluctant to share knowledge.Ģ. Lynn’s practice, “Form”, views new knowledge and technical innovation in all its manifestations, as something to be shared within and beyond the profession, rather than retained within the confines of the practice. The work of the architect Greg Lynn will be presented as an example of a practice that rejects the notion of knowledge as competitive advantage. Barriers to the promotion of research within the profession will be identified, including a commonly held yet flawed view of the creation of new knowledge as a secretive or individualistic endeavour. This paper examines how knowledge derived from practice may be viewed as a valid form of research in the architectural profession, and questions how this knowledge is disseminated. Keywords: architectural research, design method, Greg Lynn SHARING NEW KNOWLEDGE: NEW FORMS OF RESEARCH INTERNATIONAL DESIGN CONFERENCE - DESIGN 2004
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